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#a2a9b1;line-height:23px;background-color:#eee}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-label{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-label{width:30%;padding-right:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-data{width:50%}}</style><table class="infobox ib-aircraft vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">F7U Cutlass</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:F7U_Cutlass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/F7U_Cutlass.jpg/300px-F7U_Cutlass.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/F7U_Cutlass.jpg/450px-F7U_Cutlass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/F7U_Cutlass.jpg/600px-F7U_Cutlass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="724" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">A US Navy F7U Cutlass circa 1955</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">Naval</a> <a href="/wiki/Multirole_fighter" class="mw-redirect" title="Multirole fighter">multirole fighter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vought" title="Vought">Chance Vought</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary user</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">320</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufactured</th><td class="infobox-data">1948–1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1951</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">29 September 1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">2 March 1959</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Vought F7U Cutlass</b> is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">carrier</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">jet fighter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a> designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Vought" title="Vought">Chance Vought</a>. It was the first <a href="/wiki/Tailless_aircraft" title="Tailless aircraft">tailless</a> production fighter in the United States as well as the Navy's first jet equipped with <a href="/wiki/Swept_wing" title="Swept wing">swept wings</a> and the first to be designed with <a href="/wiki/Afterburner" title="Afterburner">afterburners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cutlass was developed from the mid 1940s to early 1950s as Vought's entry in a United States Navy competition. Their design team, which was influenced by design information obtained from <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, opted for a tailless configuration paired with low <a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio" title="Aspect ratio">aspect ratio</a> swept wings, which was regarded as a radical departure from traditional aircraft design for the era. Vought's submission was favoured by Navy officials and was declared the winner in 1946. On 29 September 1948, the prototype performed its <a href="/wiki/Maiden_flight" title="Maiden flight">maiden flight</a>; all three prototypes would be lost during the flight test program. It was initially powered by a pair of <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J34" title="Westinghouse J34">Westinghouse J34</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbojet" title="Turbojet">turbojet</a> engines which were relatively underpowered, contributing to its accident-prone nature; its unreliable <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydraulic">hydraulic</a> flight control system was also a source of difficulties. </p><p>The first production model of the Cutlass, <i>F7U-1</i>, entered service during July 1951. It was promptly followed by <i>F7U-2</i> and <i>F7U-3</i>, improved models that were equipped with more powerful engines amongst other refinements. However, the Cutlass continued to suffer from frequent technical and handling problems throughout the aircraft's short service career. Accidents involving the type were responsible for the deaths of four test pilots and 21 other U.S. Navy pilots.<sup id="cite_ref-Enzo_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enzo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over one quarter of all Cutlasses built were destroyed in accidents; this high rate of accidents led to the type being withdrawn during the late 1950s despite having been in service for less than ten years.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cutlass was developed in response to a competition organised by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> for a new carrier-capable day fighter that was launched on 1 June 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_105_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specific requirements of the competition included the ability to fly at speeds of up to 600 miles per hour (970 km/h) and altitudes of up to 40,000 feet (12,000 m).<sup id="cite_ref-Enzo_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enzo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vought decided to respond with a relatively radical design for the era.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_105_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vought's design team opted for an unconventional <a href="/wiki/Tailless_aircraft" title="Tailless aircraft">tailless</a> configuration; this decision was heavily influenced by aerodynamic data obtained for various wartime projects undertaken by the German <a href="/wiki/Arado_Flugzeugwerke" title="Arado Flugzeugwerke">Arado</a> and Messerschmitt companies that had been obtained at the close of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> through German scientists who worked on the projects, though Vought designers denied any link to the German research at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Enzo_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enzo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically, former <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt" title="Messerschmitt">Messerschmitt AG</a> senior designer <a href="/wiki/Woldemar_Voigt_(engineer)" title="Woldemar Voigt (engineer)">Woldemar Voigt</a>, who supervised the development of numerous experimental jet fighters in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, contributed to its design with his experience in the development of the <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_P.1110" title="Messerschmitt P.1110">Messerschmitt P.1110</a> and <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_P.1112" title="Messerschmitt P.1112">P.1112</a> projects.<sup id="cite_ref-SP2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SP2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schick167_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schick167-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The F7U was the last aircraft designed by <a href="/wiki/Rex_Beisel" title="Rex Beisel">Rex Beisel</a>, who was responsible for the first fighter ever designed specifically for the U.S. Navy, the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">Curtiss TS-1</a> of 1922. </p><p>Vought's design was given the company type number <i>V-346</i> and later received the official designation of <i>F7U</i> when the aircraft was announced to be the winner of the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-Enzo_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enzo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewing official found the design, despite its unconventional nature, to pose an acceptable level of risk, less so than some of the competing submissions. During June 1946, an initial order for three <i>XF7U-1</i> prototypes, each powered by a pair of <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J34" title="Westinghouse J34">Westinghouse J34</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbojet" title="Turbojet">turbojet</a> engines, was issued to the company.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_105_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction took place at Vought's plant in <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_Connecticut" title="Stratford, Connecticut">Stratford, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_107_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_107-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flight_testing">Flight testing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Flight testing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 September 1948, the first prototype performed its <a href="/wiki/Maiden_flight" title="Maiden flight">maiden flight</a> from <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River" title="Naval Air Station Patuxent River">Naval Air Station Patuxent River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, piloted by Vought's chief test pilot, J. Robert Baker.<sup id="cite_ref-rdegfunv_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rdegfunv-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-srnvysw_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srnvysw-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several issues were encountered during this initial flight. Shortly thereafter, the Navy announced that the aircraft would be named <i>Cutlass</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_108_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_108-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During subsequent flight testing, one of the prototypes attained a maximum speed of 625 mph (1,058 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-Enzo1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enzo1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During September 1949, Vought received a contract to modify the design and to produce 88 <i>F7U-2</i> Cutlasses for the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_108_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_108-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1950, the Navy opted to halt <i>F7U-1</i> production at 14 aircraft in favor of the updated model.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_111_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_111-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> None of the 14 F7U-1s built between 1950 and 1952 were approved for use in squadron service.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 July 1950, Vought test pilot Paul Thayer ejected from his burning prototype in front of an airshow crowd.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around this time, Vought repeatedly noted its dissatisfaction with the Westinghouse J34 engine to the Navy, alleging that the powerplant was responsible for delivery delays and an inability to perform certain flight tests.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_94_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_94-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Funding for the Cutlass was briefly cut before being reinstated during 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_115_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_115-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The extent of the aircraft's development difficulties were such that, according to aviation author Tommy Thomason, there were serious considerations towards cancelling the Cutlass entirely during the latter half of 1951, however, severe difficulties with the <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J40" title="Westinghouse J40">Westinghouse J40</a> that powered many of its potential competing aircraft and thus the Navy had no solid alternative to readily take its place.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_94116_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_94116-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The introduction of more powerful <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult#Steam_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">steam catapults</a> during 1952 also aided the programme considerably.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_116_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_116-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 December 1951, the improved F7U-3 took off for its maiden flight; this model was a reconfiguration of the aircraft towards a more general purpose fighter configuration.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_116_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_116-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specific changes included the use of more powerful <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J46" title="Westinghouse J46">Westinghouse J46</a> engines, a stronger airframe that was enlarged by one-third, as well as better maintenance access via additional panels.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thomason_95_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_95-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Test pilot (and later, <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronaut</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wally_Schirra" title="Wally Schirra">Wally Schirra</a> wrote in his autobiography that he considered the F7U-3 to be accident prone and a "widow maker".<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several positive observations were also recorded by test pilots, such as it being a stable weapons platform, relatively maneuverable, fun to fly, and fairly sturdy with the strengthened airframe. Furthermore, test pilots gave particular praise for its high <a href="/wiki/Roll_rate" title="Roll rate">roll rate</a> of 570 degrees/s, which was three times faster than most production jets at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some pilots have suggested that inexperience with swept wing aircraft, as well as other innovative features of the aircraft, likely contributed to the poor accident record.<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early on, it was discovered that the Cutlass would gyrate after experiencing a stall. During one test flight, Lt. Morrey Loso's Cutlass exhibited such behavior, tumbling towards the ground following a stall. Upon letting go of the control stick to reach with both hands for the ejection handle, Loso's Cutlass promptly self-corrected. It was determined that normal recovery procedures did not apply to the Cutlass, a conclusion that was later confirmed via <a href="/wiki/Wind_tunnel" title="Wind tunnel">wind tunnel</a> testing.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F7U-1_CVB-41_launch2_1941.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/F7U-1_CVB-41_launch2_1941.jpg/220px-F7U-1_CVB-41_launch2_1941.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/F7U-1_CVB-41_launch2_1941.jpg/330px-F7U-1_CVB-41_launch2_1941.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/F7U-1_CVB-41_launch2_1941.jpg/440px-F7U-1_CVB-41_launch2_1941.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1020" /></a><figcaption>The first F7U-1 launching from the carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)" title="USS Midway (CV-41)"><i>Midway</i></a> in 1951</figcaption></figure> <p>The Vought F7U Cutlass was a <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">carrier</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">jet fighter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a>. It featured broad <a href="/wiki/Chord_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chord (aircraft)">chord</a>, low <a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio" title="Aspect ratio">aspect ratio</a> <a href="/wiki/Swept_wing" title="Swept wing">swept wings</a>, with twin wing-mounted tail fins either side of a short <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a>. There were no <a href="/wiki/Flap_(aeronautics)" title="Flap (aeronautics)">flaps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_105_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cockpit" title="Cockpit">cockpit</a>, which was <a href="/wiki/Cabin_pressurization" title="Cabin pressurization">pressurized</a>, was situated well forward to provide good visibility for the <a href="/wiki/Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviator">pilot</a> during aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/Final_approach_(aviation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Final approach (aviation)">approaches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pilot was provisioned with an <a href="/wiki/Ejector_seat" class="mw-redirect" title="Ejector seat">ejector seat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_105_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Common nicknames for the F7U amongst naval aviators included the "Gutless Cutlass", the "Ensign Eliminator" and, in kinder moments, the "Praying Mantis".<sup id="cite_ref-Proceedings_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Proceedings-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_principal_axes#Transverse_axis_(pitch)" title="Aircraft principal axes">pitch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_principal_axes#Longitudinal_axis_(roll)" title="Aircraft principal axes">roll</a> control was provided by <a href="/wiki/Elevon" title="Elevon">elevons</a>, though Vought referred to these surfaces as "ailevators" at the time. <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge_slats" class="mw-redirect" title="Leading edge slats">Slats</a> were fitted to the entire <a href="/wiki/Wingspan" title="Wingspan">span</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge" title="Leading edge">leading edge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_105_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aircraft was provisioned with all-<a href="/wiki/Hydraulic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydraulic">hydraulic</a> flight controls; these provided <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_flight_control_system#Artificial_feel_devices" title="Aircraft flight control system">artificial feedback</a> so the pilot could feel aerodynamic forces acting on the aircraft. The hydraulic system operated at 3000 psi, twice that of other Navy aircraft; however, the system proved to be not ready for front-line service and experienced a high level of unreliability.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allegedly, this was at least partially due to many components having been intended for lower pressure hydraulic systems, resulting in a high rate of failure and thus exacerbating overall unreliability.<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During flight testing, aviator <a href="/wiki/John_Glenn" title="John Glenn">John Glenn</a> and various test pilots found the muzzle blast from the 20mm cannons caused the engines to <a href="/wiki/Flameout" title="Flameout">flame out</a>, however this was solved when the US Navy approached weapons expert <a href="/wiki/George_M._Chinn" title="George M. Chinn">George M. Chinn</a> who designed a flame-out eliminator,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a similar device to the <a href="/wiki/Cutts_compensator" class="mw-redirect" title="Cutts compensator">Cutts compensator</a> used on the <a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Thompson submachine gun</a> to divert the muzzle blast that solved the problem. </p><p>The very long nose <a href="/wiki/Landing_gear" title="Landing gear">landing gear</a> strut required for high <a href="/wiki/Angle_of_attack" title="Angle of attack">angle of attack</a> <a href="/wiki/Takeoff" title="Takeoff">takeoffs</a> lifted the pilot 14 feet into the air and was fully steerable.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thomason_1056_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_1056-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The high position of the nose relative to the flight deck posed visibility difficulties for the pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_113_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_113-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the high stresses of barrier engagements, and side-loads imposed during early deployment carrier landings caused failure of the retract cylinder's internal down-locks, causing nose gear failure and resultant <a href="/wiki/Vertebral_column" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertebral column">spinal</a> injuries to the pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-Proceedings_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Proceedings-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To help mitigate the loading forces exerted upon the nose landing gear actuator and mounting structure, Vought's design engineers added small turbines, powered by <a href="/wiki/Bleed_air" title="Bleed air">bleed air</a> from the engines, to pre-spin on the nosegear tires to 90 mph prior to landing.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, an automatic fuel transfer system maintained the aircraft's <a href="/wiki/Center_of_gravity_of_an_aircraft" title="Center of gravity of an aircraft">center of gravity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_105_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The initial models of the Cutlass were powered by a pair of <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J34" title="Westinghouse J34">Westinghouse J34</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbojet" title="Turbojet">turbojet</a> engines; these were widely considered to be underpowered and several pilots disparagingly claimed that they "put out less heat than Westinghouse's toasters." The J34 produced considerably less power than had been originally projected by Westinghouse, yet it was the only engine that could fit the airframe of the Cutlass without extensive reworking.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later production aircraft were provisioned with the more powerful <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J46" title="Westinghouse J46">Westinghouse J46</a> engine. The F7U-3M model was the first aircraft in US Navy service to be capable of firing the <a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">AAM-N-2 Sparrow I</a> <a href="/wiki/Air-to-air_missile" title="Air-to-air missile">air-to-air missile</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thomason_119_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_119-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While it had been intended to equip the Cutlass with <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>, such apparatus would be excluded due to weight constraints.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_116119_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_116119-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass_during_evaluation_of_carrier_approach_techniques_by_the_NACA_Ames_Research_Center,_22_June_1955_(A-20486).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass_during_evaluation_of_carrier_approach_techniques_by_the_NACA_Ames_Research_Center%2C_22_June_1955_%28A-20486%29.jpg/220px-Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass_during_evaluation_of_carrier_approach_techniques_by_the_NACA_Ames_Research_Center%2C_22_June_1955_%28A-20486%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass_during_evaluation_of_carrier_approach_techniques_by_the_NACA_Ames_Research_Center%2C_22_June_1955_%28A-20486%29.jpg/330px-Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass_during_evaluation_of_carrier_approach_techniques_by_the_NACA_Ames_Research_Center%2C_22_June_1955_%28A-20486%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass_during_evaluation_of_carrier_approach_techniques_by_the_NACA_Ames_Research_Center%2C_22_June_1955_%28A-20486%29.jpg/440px-Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass_during_evaluation_of_carrier_approach_techniques_by_the_NACA_Ames_Research_Center%2C_22_June_1955_%28A-20486%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2121" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Vought F7U-3 Cutlass</figcaption></figure> <p>Production orders were placed for the <i>F7U-1</i> under a specification that remained relatively close to that of the prototypes, and further developed <i>F7U-2</i> and <i>F7U-3</i> versions with more powerful engines. Because of development problems with the powerplant, however, the F7U-2 would never be built, while the F7U-3 would incorporate many refinements that came out of flight tests of the -1. The first 16 F7U-3s were powered by non-afterburning <a href="/wiki/Allison_J35" title="Allison J35">Allison J35</a>-A-29 engines.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_94_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_94-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The -3, with its Westinghouse J46-WE-8B turbojets, would eventually become the definitive production version, a total of 288 aircraft equipping 13 U.S. Navy squadrons. Further development of the type came to an end shortly after flight testing of the more capable <a href="/wiki/Vought_F8U_Crusader" class="mw-redirect" title="Vought F8U Crusader">Vought F8U Crusader</a> commenced.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The F7U's performance suffered due to a lack of sufficient engine <a href="/wiki/Thrust" title="Thrust">thrust</a>; consequently, its carrier landing and take-off performance was notoriously poor. The J35 was known to flame out in rain, a very serious fault. The first fleet squadron to receive F7Us was <a href="/wiki/Second_VA-66_(U.S._Navy)" title="Second VA-66 (U.S. Navy)">Fighter Squadron 81 (VF-81)</a> in April 1954. Few squadrons made deployments with the type, and most "beached" them ashore during part of the cruise owing to operating difficulties. Those units known to have taken the type to sea were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VF-124_(1950-8)" class="mw-redirect" title="VF-124 (1950-8)">VF-124</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Hancock_(CV-19)" title="USS Hancock (CV-19)">USS <i>Hancock</i></a>, August 1955 – March 1956. After pilot George Millard was killed in a Cutlass landing accident, the captain ordered every Cutlass off the ship and the squadron spent its Pacific cruise at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Facility_Atsugi" title="Naval Air Facility Atsugi">Atsugi naval air station in Japan</a><sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_VA-66_(U.S._Navy)" title="Second VA-66 (U.S. Navy)">VA-66</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)" title="USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)">USS <i>Ticonderoga</i></a>, November 1955 – August 1956; after a pilot was injured after a nose gear collapse, the captain summoned the squadron leader, confined both he and all his pilots to quarters, and ordered the squadron ashore at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Port_Lyautey" title="Naval Air Station Port Lyautey">Naval Air Station Port Lyautey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-86" title="VFA-86">VA-86</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Forrestal" title="USS Forrestal">USS <i>Forrestal</i></a>, January–March 1956 shakedown cruise</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-83" title="VFA-83">VA-83</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)" title="USS Intrepid (CV-11)">USS <i>Intrepid</i></a>, March–September 1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VA-144_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-144 (U.S. Navy)">VA-116</a>, USS <i>Hancock</i>, April–September 1957</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VA-23_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-23 (U.S. Navy)">VA-151</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-16)" title="USS Lexington (CV-16)">USS <i>Lexington</i></a>, May–December 1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VA-212_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-212 (U.S. Navy)">VA-212</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Bon_Homme_Richard_(CV-31)" title="USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)">USS <i>Bon Homme Richard</i></a>, August 1956 – February 1957</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-4" title="VX-4">Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4)</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Shangri-La" title="USS Shangri-La">USS <i>Shangri-La</i></a> and USS <i>Lexington</i></li></ul> <p>During 1957, Chance Vought analyzed the accident record and found that, with 78 accidents and a quarter of the airframes lost while accumulating 55,000 flight hours, the Cutlass had the highest accident rate of all Navy swept-wing fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, according to Thomason, accidents involving the Cutlass were typically more severe than with other aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-thomason_123_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomason_123-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aircraft's poor safety record caused Vice Admiral Harold M. "Beauty" Martin, air commander of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">United States Pacific Fleet</a>, to replace the Cutlass with the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">Grumman F9F-8 Cougars</a>; the decision was somewhat abrupt, with new aircraft continuing to be delivered for a time after this. Nevertheless, the outstanding order for 250 Cutlass A2U-1, a ground-attack variant, was soon cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the late 1950s, the Navy donated many of the now-surplus aircraft to various municipalities and schools to promote aviation.<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blue_Angels">Blue Angels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Blue Angels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a>, flew two F7U-1 Cutlasses (BuNos 124426 & 124427) as a side demonstration during their 1953 show season in an effort to promote the new aircraft, but did not use them as part of their regular formation demonstration. Both the pilots and ground crews found the aircraft generally unsatisfactory, and it was apparent that the type was still experiencing multiple teething troubles.<sup id="cite_ref-Enzo1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enzo1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there were political pressures to adopt the Cutlass, both from several senior officers and from <a href="/wiki/Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="Senator">senators</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the failures were landing gear failures, hydraulic failures, engine fires while in the air and, on one occasion, a landing gear door fell on a spectator grandstand but, through sheer luck, did not injure anyone.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following these incidents, the two Cutlasses were deemed unsuitable for demonstration flying and were flown to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Memphis" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Station Memphis">Naval Air Station Memphis</a>, Tennessee, where they were abandoned to become aircraft maintenance instructional airframes for the Naval Technical Training Center.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blue Angels would opt to use the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">Grumman F9F Panther</a> in place of the Cutlass.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>XF7U-1</dt> <dd>Three prototypes ordered on 25 June 1946 (BuNos 122472, 122473 & 122474). First flight, 29 September 1948; all three aircraft were destroyed in crashes.<sup id="cite_ref-Gunston235_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gunston235-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>F7U-1</dt> <dd>The initial production version, 14 built. Powered by two J34-WE-32 engines.</dd> <dt>F7U-2</dt> <dd>Proposed version, planned to be powered by two <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J34" title="Westinghouse J34">Westinghouse J34-WE-42</a> engines with <a href="/wiki/Afterburner" title="Afterburner">afterburner</a>, but the order for 88 aircraft was cancelled.</dd> <dt>XF7U-3</dt> <dd>Designation given to one aircraft built as the prototype for the F7U-3, BuNo 128451. First flight: 20 December 1951.</dd> <dt>F7U-3</dt> <dd>The definitive production version, 180 built. Powered by two <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J46" title="Westinghouse J46">Westinghouse J46-WE-8B</a> turbojets. The first sixteen aircraft, including the prototype, were powered by interim J35-A-29 non-afterburning engines.</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F7U-3P_NAN11-54.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/F7U-3P_NAN11-54.jpg/220px-F7U-3P_NAN11-54.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/F7U-3P_NAN11-54.jpg/330px-F7U-3P_NAN11-54.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/F7U-3P_NAN11-54.jpg/440px-F7U-3P_NAN11-54.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="234" /></a><figcaption>F7U-3P reconnaissance aircraft</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>F7U-3P</dt> <dd>Photo-reconnaissance version, 12 built. With a 25 in (64 cm) longer nose and equipped with photo flash cartridges, none of these aircraft saw operational service, being used only for research and evaluation purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-Gunston235_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gunston235-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>F7U-3M</dt> <dd>This missile capable version was armed with four <a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">AAM-N-2 Sparrow I</a> air-to-air beam-riding missiles. 98 built of which 48 F7U-3 airframes under construction were upgraded to F7U-3M standard. An order for 202 additional aircraft was cancelled.</dd> <dt>A2U-1</dt> <dd>Designation given to a cancelled order of 250 aircraft to be used in the <a href="/wiki/Ground_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground attack">ground attack</a> role.</dd> <dt>V-362</dt> <dd>Interceptor proposal as a rival to the F-3 Demon with <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J40" title="Westinghouse J40">XJ-40 Westinghouse</a> Jet Engines.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>V-366H</dt> <dd>The Vought V-366H was a modernization project for the Vought F7U-3.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main design objectives were to reduce the overall dimensions of the aircraft while increasing the payload. Due to the unusual layout, both goals were achieved. With a slight increase in the wingspan, the length of the fuselage was significantly reduced, and the fuel reserves increased. Also installed is a launcher for unguided air-to-air missiles Mighty Mouse as on the F-89 Scorpion, while maintaining the cannon armament. Work on the V-366H was stopped due to the recognition of the F7U design as a whole outdated and the imminent need to create supersonic carrier-based fighters.</dd> <dt>V-373</dt> <dd>Proposal for a supersonic capable variant powered by a <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J57" title="Pratt & Whitney J57">Pratt & Whitney J57</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>V-389</dt> <dd>Proposal for an improved performance attack aircraft based upon the A2U-1 Cutlass. The proposal featured a single <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J57" title="Pratt & Whitney J57">Pratt and Whitney J57-P-4</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F7U-3M_Cutlass_Launches_from_Intrepid_CV11_1954.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/F7U-3M_Cutlass_Launches_from_Intrepid_CV11_1954.jpg/220px-F7U-3M_Cutlass_Launches_from_Intrepid_CV11_1954.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/F7U-3M_Cutlass_Launches_from_Intrepid_CV11_1954.jpg/330px-F7U-3M_Cutlass_Launches_from_Intrepid_CV11_1954.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/F7U-3M_Cutlass_Launches_from_Intrepid_CV11_1954.jpg/440px-F7U-3M_Cutlass_Launches_from_Intrepid_CV11_1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2143" data-file-height="1356" /></a><figcaption>A VF-83 F7U-3 launches from the <i>USS Intrepid</i> in 1954 undergoing catapult testing during which its afterburners set deck planking ablaze</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VC-3_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="VC-3 (military)">VC-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-3" title="VX-3">VX-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX-4" title="VX-4">VX-4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VX-5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VX-5 (page does not exist)">VX-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VA-12" title="VA-12">VA-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_Squadron_34_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack Squadron 34 (U.S. Navy)">VA-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_VA-66_(U.S._Navy)" title="Second VA-66 (U.S. Navy)">VF-81/VA-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_Squadron_83_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack Squadron 83 (U.S. Navy)">VF-83/VA-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_Squadron_86_(U.S._Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack Squadron 86 (U.S. Navy)">VA-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VA-144_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-144 (U.S. Navy)">VA-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VF-122" title="VF-122">VF-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VF-124_(1950-8)" class="mw-redirect" title="VF-124 (1950-8)">VF-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VF-126" title="VF-126">VA-126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFA-151" title="VFA-151">VF-151/VA-151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VA-212_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-212 (U.S. Navy)">VF-212/VA-212</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 300px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLVFse5Dyto">F-0837 Vought F7U Cutlass Carrier Crash on USS Hancock Video</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://texasarchive.org/2011_02417">Vought F7U-3 Aircraft Carrier Crash Landings</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F7U-3_CVA-19_ramp_strike_1955.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/F7U-3_CVA-19_ramp_strike_1955.jpg/220px-F7U-3_CVA-19_ramp_strike_1955.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/F7U-3_CVA-19_ramp_strike_1955.jpg/330px-F7U-3_CVA-19_ramp_strike_1955.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/F7U-3_CVA-19_ramp_strike_1955.jpg/440px-F7U-3_CVA-19_ramp_strike_1955.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ramp_strike" title="Ramp strike">Ramp strike</a> of Vought F7U-3 Cutlass BuNo 129595, <a href="/wiki/Modex" title="Modex">Modex</a> 412, of <a href="/wiki/VF-124_(1950-8)" class="mw-redirect" title="VF-124 (1950-8)">VF-124</a> on the <a href="/wiki/USS_Hancock_(CV-19)" title="USS Hancock (CV-19)">USS <i>Hancock</i></a> on 14 July 1955. LCDR Jay T. Alkire (XO of USN's VF-124 "Stingrays") was killed in the crash, and several deck crew were injured.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>26 July 1954: Pilot Lt Floyd Nugent ejected from a Cutlass armed with 2.75 inch rockets. The Cutlass continued to fly on and proceeded to circle the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_North_Island" title="Naval Air Station North Island">North Island of San Diego</a> with its <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Del_Coronado" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel Del Coronado">Hotel Del Coronado</a> for 30 minutes, before it finally crashed close to shore.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11 December 1954: During an air demonstration at the christening of aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Forrestal" title="USS Forrestal">USS <i>Forrestal</i></a>, pilot Lt J. W. Hood was killed when his F7U-3 had a malfunction with the wing locking mechanism and the aircraft crashed into the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 May 1955: Pilot Lt Cmdr Payton O. Harwell's Cutlass suffered an engine fire upon takeoff on his first flight in the aircraft. Harwell ejected and was rescued by a helicopter 15 minutes later.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pilot Tom Quillin's Cutlass took off as part of a flight of four Cutlasses. Quillin's aircraft had an electrical failure which forced him to abort his training mission and return to base.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (January 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>14 July 1955: Pilot Jay T. Alkire was killed in a <a href="/wiki/Ramp_strike" title="Ramp strike">ramp strike</a> on USS <i>Hancock</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 November 1955: Pilot Lt George Millard was killed when his Cutlass went into the cable barrier at the end of the flight deck landing area of <a href="/wiki/USS_Hancock_(CV-19)" title="USS Hancock (CV-19)">USS <i>Hancock</i></a>. The nosegear malfunctioned and drove a strut into the cockpit which triggered the ejection seat and dislodged the canopy. Millard was launched 200 feet (61 m) forward and hit the tail of a parked A-1 Skyraider and later died of his injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-airspace_gutless2012_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airspace_gutless2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_on_display">Aircraft on display</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aircraft on display"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vought_F7U-3M_Cutlass,_Naval_Aviation_Museum,_Pensacola,_Florida.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Vought_F7U-3M_Cutlass%2C_Naval_Aviation_Museum%2C_Pensacola%2C_Florida.jpg/220px-Vought_F7U-3M_Cutlass%2C_Naval_Aviation_Museum%2C_Pensacola%2C_Florida.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Vought_F7U-3M_Cutlass%2C_Naval_Aviation_Museum%2C_Pensacola%2C_Florida.jpg/330px-Vought_F7U-3M_Cutlass%2C_Naval_Aviation_Museum%2C_Pensacola%2C_Florida.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Vought_F7U-3M_Cutlass%2C_Naval_Aviation_Museum%2C_Pensacola%2C_Florida.jpg/440px-Vought_F7U-3M_Cutlass%2C_Naval_Aviation_Museum%2C_Pensacola%2C_Florida.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1955" data-file-height="1222" /></a><figcaption>F7U-3 BuNo 129655 at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Naval_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum of Naval Aviation">National Museum of Naval Aviation</a> at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Pensacola" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Pensacola">NAS Pensacola</a>, Florida</figcaption></figure> <p>Seven F7U-3 Cutlass aircraft are known to have survived: </p> <ul><li>128451 – <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>. Prototype F7U-3, fuselage only. Originally slated as a parts source for 129565, it has been transferred to Al Casby as a possible parts source for his Cutlass 129622.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to its storage at <a href="/wiki/NAS_North_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS North Island">NAS North Island</a> - <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a> it was formerly located at the <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Institute_of_Mining_and_Technology" title="New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology">New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology</a> in <a href="/wiki/Socorro,_New_Mexico" title="Socorro, New Mexico">Socorro, New Mexico</a>.</li> <li>129554 – <a href="/wiki/Falcon_Field_(Arizona)" title="Falcon Field (Arizona)">Falcon Field (Arizona)</a>. Ex VA-212. Purchased by Len Berryman from <a href="/wiki/Geiger_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Geiger Field">Geiger Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spokane" class="mw-redirect" title="Spokane">Spokane</a>, Washington in May 1958 and displayed outside the Berryman War Memorial Park in <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Washington" title="Bridgeport, Washington">Bridgeport, Washington</a> from 1958 until 1992. In June 1992 it was sold to Tom Cathcart of Ephrata, Washington. Sold in September 2014, and currently at Falcon Field, Arizona, for further restoration to airworthy condition by F7U historian Al Casby.<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>129565 – <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_Museum" title="USS Midway Museum">USS Midway Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>. Ex VA-212.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>129622 – <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>. Ex VA-34 / VA-12 aircraft that was flown to Naval Air Reserve Training Unit (NARTU) Glenview, <a href="/wiki/NAS_Glenview" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Glenview">NAS Glenview</a>, Illinois, where it was sporadically flown by Naval Air Reserve pilots and used for instruction of enlisted Naval Reserve aircraft maintenance personnel; ownership was then transferred to the Northbrook East Civic Association and the aircraft was moved to the Oaklane Elementary School for playground use in late November 1958. It was subsequently removed and dissected to be sold for its engines. Forward fuselage was part of Earl Reinert's collection in Mundelein, Illinois, while the rest of the aircraft went to J-46 dragster builder Fred Sibley in Elkhart, Indiana. Its components are currently reunited in the collection of F7U historian Al Casby.<sup id="cite_ref-40years_dream_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40years_dream-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>129642 – <a href="/wiki/Wings_of_Freedom_Aviation_Museum" title="Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum">Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Horsham,_Pennsylvania" title="Horsham, Pennsylvania">Horsham, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ex VA-12 aircraft flown to <a href="/wiki/NAS_Willow_Grove" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Willow Grove">NAS Willow Grove</a> in May 1957 to take part in an air show. Upon arrival the aircraft was stricken from active duty. It was transferred to the Naval Reserve for use as a ground training aircraft, and eventually placed as a gate guard in front of the base on US Route 611. The airframe has only 326.3 hours total flight time. Currently undergoing cosmetic refurbishment for a return to display status.</li> <li>129655 – <a href="/wiki/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum" title="National Naval Aviation Museum">National Naval Aviation Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Pensacola" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Pensacola">NAS Pensacola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ex VA-212. Cosmetically restored but incorrectly marked as an F7U-3M, this aircraft is a F7U-3. Formerly displayed at Griffith Park, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.</li> <li>129685 – Under restoration for display at the <a href="/wiki/MAPS_Air_Museum" title="MAPS Air Museum">MAPS Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green,_Ohio" title="Green, Ohio">Green, Ohio</a>. The aircraft was in the collection of the late Walter Soplata in <a href="/wiki/Newbury,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Newbury, Ohio">Newbury, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(F7U-3M)"><span id="Specifications_.28F7U-3M.29"></span>Specifications (F7U-3M)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Specifications (F7U-3M)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vought_F7U-1_Cutlass_3-view_line_drawing.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Vought_F7U-1_Cutlass_3-view_line_drawing.svg/220px-Vought_F7U-1_Cutlass_3-view_line_drawing.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Vought_F7U-1_Cutlass_3-view_line_drawing.svg/330px-Vought_F7U-1_Cutlass_3-view_line_drawing.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Vought_F7U-1_Cutlass_3-view_line_drawing.svg/440px-Vought_F7U-1_Cutlass_3-view_line_drawing.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1104" data-file-height="1007" /></a><figcaption>Chance Vought F7U-1 3-view drawing</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> <i>Naval Fighters Number Six</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Ginterf7u_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ginterf7u-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation</i><sup id="cite_ref-janes_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janes-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 1</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 41 ft 3.5 in (12.586 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) * <b>Span wings folded:</b> 22.3 ft (6.80 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 496 sq ft (46.1 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 18,210 lb (8,260 kg)</li> <li><b>Gross weight:</b> 26,840 lb (12,174 kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 31,643 lb (14,353 kg)</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 2 × <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_J46" title="Westinghouse J46">Westinghouse J46-WE-8B</a> after-burning turbojet engines, 4,600 lbf (20 kN) thrust each dry, 6,000 lbf (27 kN) with afterburner</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 606 kn (697 mph, 1,122 km/h) at sea level with Military power + afterburner</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 490 kn (560 mph, 910 km/h) at 38,700 ft (11,800 m) to 42,700 ft (13,000 m)</li> <li><b>Stall speed:</b> 112 kn (129 mph, 207 km/h) power off at take-off<br /></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd>93.2 kn (173 km/h) with approach power for landing</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Combat range:</b> 800 nmi (920 mi, 1,500 km)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 40,600 ft (12,375 m)</li> <li><b>Rate of climb:</b> 14,420 ft/min (73.3 m/s) with Military power + afterburner</li> <li><b>Time to altitude:</b> 20,000 ft (6,100 m) in 5.6 minutes<br /></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd>30,000 ft (9,144 m) in 10.2 minutes</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Wing loading:</b> 50.2 lb/sq ft (245 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Thrust-to-weight_ratio" title="Thrust-to-weight ratio">Thrust/weight</a>:</b> 0.45</li> <li><b>Take-off run:</b> in calm conditions 1,595 ft (486 m) with Military power + afterburner</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><b>Guns:</b> 4x 20mm <a href="/wiki/Hispano_HS.404#US_production" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispano HS.404">M3 cannon</a>, 180 rpg</li> <li><b>Hardpoints:</b> 4 with a capacity of 5,500 lb (2,500 kg), with provisions to carry combinations of: <ul><li><b>Missiles:</b> 4 AAM-N-2 Sparrow I air-to-air missiles</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 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Jefferson, North Carolina, US: McFarland & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-3937-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-3937-9"><bdi>978-0-7864-3937-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Aircraft+of+the+Luftwaffe%2C+1935-1945%3A+An+Illustrated+Guide&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+North+Carolina%2C+US&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-3937-9&rft.aulast=Lepage&rft.aufirst=Jean-Denis+G.G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowell2008" class="citation journal cs1">Powell, R.R. "Boom" (August 2008). "Cutlass Tales". <i>Flight Journal</i>. <b>13</b> (4).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+Journal&rft.atitle=Cutlass+Tales&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=4&rft.date=2008-08&rft.aulast=Powell&rft.aufirst=R.R.+%22Boom%22&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchickMeyer1997" class="citation book cs1">Schick, Walter; Meyer, Ingolf (1997). <i>Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Fighters, 1939-1945</i>. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-8578-0052-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-8578-0052-4"><bdi>978-1-8578-0052-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Luftwaffe+Secret+Projects%3A+Fighters%2C+1939-1945&rft.place=Hinckley%2C+UK&rft.pub=Midland+Publishing&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-8578-0052-4&rft.aulast=Schick&rft.aufirst=Walter&rft.au=Meyer%2C+Ingolf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaylor1993" class="citation book cs1">Taylor, Michael J.H., ed. (1993). "Chance Vought F7U Cutlass". <i>Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation</i>. New York, US: Crescent. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-10316-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-10316-8"><bdi>0-517-10316-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chance+Vought+F7U+Cutlass&rft.btitle=Jane%27s+Encyclopedia+of+Aviation&rft.place=New+York%2C+US&rft.pub=Crescent&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-517-10316-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomason2008" class="citation book cs1">Thomason, Tommy H. (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XkYcBQAAQBAJ"><i>U.S. Naval Air Superiority: Development of Shipborne Jet Fighters, 1943-1962</i></a>. Specialty Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-580-07110-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-580-07110-9"><bdi>978-1-580-07110-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=U.S.+Naval+Air+Superiority%3A+Development+of+Shipborne+Jet+Fighters%2C+1943-1962&rft.pub=Specialty+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-580-07110-9&rft.aulast=Thomason&rft.aufirst=Tommy+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXkYcBQAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilcox2004" class="citation book cs1">Wilcox, Robert K. (2004). <i>First Blue: The Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris and the Creation of the Blue Angels</i>. New York, US: Thomas Dunne Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-32250-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-32250-X"><bdi>0-312-32250-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=First+Blue%3A+The+Story+of+World+War+II+Ace+Butch+Voris+and+the+Creation+of+the+Blue+Angels&rft.place=New+York%2C+US&rft.pub=Thomas+Dunne+Books&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-312-32250-X&rft.aulast=Wilcox&rft.aufirst=Robert+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBedford1999" class="citation journal cs1">Bedford, Alan (July–August 1999). "Early American Carrier Jets: Evolving Jet Operations with the US Fleet, Part Two". <i>Air Enthusiast</i> (82): <span class="nowrap">18–</span>23. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Air+Enthusiast&rft.atitle=Early+American+Carrier+Jets%3A+Evolving+Jet+Operations+with+the+US+Fleet%2C+Part+Two&rft.issue=82&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E18-%3C%2Fspan%3E23&rft.date=1999-07%2F1999-08&rft.issn=0143-5450&rft.aulast=Bedford&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaylor1969" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_W._R._Taylor" title="John W. R. Taylor">Taylor, John W. R.</a> (1969). "Vought F7U Cutlass". <i>Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the Present</i>. New York, US: G.P. Putnam's Sons. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-425-03633-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-425-03633-2"><bdi>0-425-03633-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Vought+F7U+Cutlass&rft.btitle=Combat+Aircraft+of+the+World+from+1909+to+the+Present&rft.place=New+York%2C+US&rft.pub=G.P.+Putnam%27s+Sons&rft.date=1969&rft.isbn=0-425-03633-2&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=John+W.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWinchester2005" class="citation book cs1">Winchester, Jim, ed. (2005). "Vought F7U Cutlass". <i>The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters</i>. London, UK: Amber Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-904687-34-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-904687-34-2"><bdi>1-904687-34-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Vought+F7U+Cutlass&rft.btitle=The+World%27s+Worst+Aircraft%3A+From+Pioneering+Failures+to+Multimillion+Dollar+Disasters&rft.place=London%2C+UK&rft.pub=Amber+Books&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-904687-34-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVought+F7U+Cutlass" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_F7U_Cutlass&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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exist)">18</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_VE-19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought VE-19 (page does not exist)">19</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_VE-22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought VE-22 (page does not exist)">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_VS-44" title="Sikorsky VS-44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_Corsair_Junior" title="Vought Corsair Junior">100 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">100 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF3U" title="Vought XF3U">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SBU_Corsair" title="Vought SBU Corsair">134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SBU_Corsair" title="Vought SBU Corsair">138</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-139&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-139 (page does not exist)">139</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-140&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-140 (page does not exist)">140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-141" title="Vought V-141">141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SBU_Corsair" title="Vought SBU Corsair">142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-141" title="Vought V-141">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XFT" title="Northrop XFT">150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SB2U_Vindicator" title="Vought SB2U Vindicator">156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-173" title="Vought V-173">162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SB2U_Vindicator" title="Vought SB2U Vindicator">167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_TBY_Sea_Wolf" title="Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf">169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-173" title="Vought V-173">173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_TBY_Sea_Wolf" title="Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf">174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought-Sikorsky_VS-300" title="Vought-Sikorsky VS-300">300</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought-Sikorsky_VS-302&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought-Sikorsky VS-302 (page does not exist)">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_OS2U_Kingfisher" title="Vought OS2U Kingfisher">310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">315</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_R-4" title="Sikorsky R-4">316</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_R-6" title="Sikorsky R-6">B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-326" title="Vought V-326">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_R-6" title="Sikorsky R-6">327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_F2G_Corsair" title="Goodyear F2G Corsair">336</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">337</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-338&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-338 (page does not exist)">338</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-338&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-338 (page does not exist)">339</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F6U_Pirate" title="Vought F6U Pirate">340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">342</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-343&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-343 (page does not exist)">343</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-344&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-344 (page does not exist)">344</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-345&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-345 (page does not exist)">345</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">346</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-347&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-347 (page does not exist)">347</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-348&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-348 (page does not exist)">348</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-349&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-349 (page does not exist)">349</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-350&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-350 (page does not exist)">350</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">352</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P/A-VI_(missile)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P/A-VI (missile) (page does not exist)">353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">354</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P/A-XIV_(missile)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P/A-XIV (missile) (page does not exist)">355</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-356&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-356 (page does not exist)">356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus" title="SSM-N-8 Regulus">357</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-358&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-358 (page does not exist)">358</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F6U_Pirate" title="Vought F6U Pirate">359</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-360&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-360 (page does not exist)">360</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">361</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-362&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-362 (page does not exist)">362</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-363&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-363 (page does not exist)">363</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-364&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-364 (page does not exist)">364</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">365</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">366</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-367&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-367 (page does not exist)">367</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XS2U" title="Vought XS2U">368</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-369&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-369 (page does not exist)">369</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus" title="SSM-N-8 Regulus">370</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-371&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-371 (page does not exist)">371</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">372</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-373&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-373 (page does not exist)">373</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">374</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-375&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-375 (page does not exist)">375</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">376</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">377</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-378&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-378 (page does not exist)">378</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-9_Regulus_II" title="SSM-N-9 Regulus II">379</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">380</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-381&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-381 (page does not exist)">381</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-382&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-382 (page does not exist)">382</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">383</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">384</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus" title="SSM-N-8 Regulus">385</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-386&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-386 (page does not exist)">386</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-387&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-387 (page does not exist)">387</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">388</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">389</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">390</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-391&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-391 (page does not exist)">391</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">392</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">393</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">394</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">395</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">396</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-9_Regulus_II" title="SSM-N-9 Regulus II">397</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-9_Regulus_II" title="SSM-N-9 Regulus II">398</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">402</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XSO2U" title="Vought XSO2U">403</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-404&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-404 (page does not exist)">404</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-9_Regulus_II" title="SSM-N-9 Regulus II">405</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-406&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-406 (page does not exist)">406</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-9_Regulus_II" title="SSM-N-9 Regulus II">407</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">408</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-409&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-409 (page does not exist)">409</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">410</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus" title="SSM-N-8 Regulus">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-8_Regulus" title="SSM-N-8 Regulus">414</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-415&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-415 (page does not exist)">415</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-416&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-416 (page does not exist)">416</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-417&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-417 (page does not exist)">417</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">418</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">419</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-420&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-420 (page does not exist)">420</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-421&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-421 (page does not exist)">421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile" title="Supersonic Low Altitude Missile">422</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-423&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-423 (page does not exist)">423</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-424&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-424 (page does not exist)">424</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-425&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-425 (page does not exist)">425</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-426&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-426 (page does not exist)">426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGR-3_Little_John" title="MGR-3 Little John">427</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-428&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-428 (page does not exist)">428</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-429&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-429 (page does not exist)">429</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-430&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-430 (page does not exist)">430</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-431&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-431 (page does not exist)">431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM-90_Blue_Scout_II" title="RM-90 Blue Scout II">432</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-433&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-433 (page does not exist)">433</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-434&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-434 (page does not exist)">434</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM-90_Blue_Scout_II" title="RM-90 Blue Scout II">435</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-436&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-436 (page does not exist)">436</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-437&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-437 (page does not exist)">437</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">438</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-439&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-439 (page does not exist)">439</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-440&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-440 (page does not exist)">440</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-441&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-441 (page does not exist)">441</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-442&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-442 (page does not exist)">442</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-444&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-444 (page does not exist)">444</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-445&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-445 (page does not exist)">445</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-446&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-446 (page does not exist)">446</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_XC-142" title="LTV XC-142">447</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-448&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-448 (page does not exist)">448</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">449</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-450&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-450 (page does not exist)">450</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-451&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-451 (page does not exist)">451</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-452&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-452 (page does not exist)">452</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-453&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-453 (page does not exist)">453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">454</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">455</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">456</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-457&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-457 (page does not exist)">457</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-458&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-458 (page does not exist)">458</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-460&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-460 (page does not exist)">460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">461</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-462&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-462 (page does not exist)">462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_XC-142" title="LTV XC-142">464</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-465&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-465 (page does not exist)">465</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">466</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-467&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-467 (page does not exist)">467</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-468&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-468 (page does not exist)">468</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-469&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-469 (page does not exist)">469</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-470&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-470 (page does not exist)">470</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-471&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-471 (page does not exist)">471</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-472&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-472 (page does not exist)">472</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-473&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-473 (page does not exist)">473</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">474</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-475&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-475 (page does not exist)">475</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-476&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-476 (page does not exist)">476</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-477&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-477 (page does not exist)">477</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-478&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-478 (page does not exist)">478</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">479</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_ADAM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought ADAM (page does not exist)">480</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-481&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-481 (page does not exist)">481</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_ADAM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought ADAM (page does not exist)">482</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-483&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-483 (page does not exist)">483</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-484&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-484 (page does not exist)">484</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_ADAM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought ADAM (page does not exist)">485</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-486&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-486 (page does not exist)">486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">487</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-500&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-500 (page does not exist)">500</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-501&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-501 (page does not exist)">501</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-502&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-502 (page does not exist)">502</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_XC-142" title="LTV XC-142">503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">504</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Model_507&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Model 507 (page does not exist)">505</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-506&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-506 (page does not exist)">506</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Model_507&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Model 507 (page does not exist)">507</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">508</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">509</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">510</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">511</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">512</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-513&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-513 (page does not exist)">513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">514</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">515</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-516&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-516 (page does not exist)">516</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LTV_V-517&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LTV V-517 (page does not exist)">517</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-518&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-518 (page does not exist)">518</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">519</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LTV_V-517&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LTV V-517 (page does not exist)">520</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-521&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-521 (page does not exist)">521</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Falcon_20" title="Dassault Falcon 20">522</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-1100&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-1100 (page does not exist)">523</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LTV_V-524&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LTV V-524 (page does not exist)">524</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LTV_BGM-110&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LTV BGM-110 (page does not exist)">525</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-526&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-526 (page does not exist)">526</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-527&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-527 (page does not exist)">527</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">529</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LTV_V-530&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LTV V-530 (page does not exist)">530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">531</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-532&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-532 (page does not exist)">532</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Eaglet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Eaglet (page does not exist)">533</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LTV_V-530&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LTV V-530 (page does not exist)">534</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">535</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-536&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-536 (page does not exist)">536</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-537&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-537 (page does not exist)">537</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Eaglet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Eaglet (page does not exist)">538</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Eaglet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Eaglet (page does not exist)">539</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-540&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-540 (page does not exist)">540</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Eaglet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Eaglet (page does not exist)">541</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-550&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-550 (page does not exist)">550</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-585&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-585 (page does not exist)">585</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-600&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-600 (page does not exist)">600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21">601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">1000</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Super_V-1000&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Super V-1000 (page does not exist)">Super</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-1100&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-1100 (page does not exist)">1100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_Model_1600" title="Vought Model 1600">1600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_Model_1600" title="Vought Model 1600">1601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_Model_1600" title="Vought Model 1600">1602</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-2000&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-2000 (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-3010&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-3010 (page does not exist)">3010</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_VE-7" title="Vought VE-7">VE-7/VE-8/VE-9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_VE-11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought VE-11 (page does not exist)">VE-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-141" title="Vought V-141">V-141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_V-141" title="Vought V-141">V-143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_FU" title="Vought FU">FU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF2U" title="Vought XF2U">XF2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF3U" title="Vought XF3U">XF3U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">F4U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">XF5U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F6U_Pirate" title="Vought F6U Pirate">F6U</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F7U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">F8U/F-8</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">XF8U-3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Model_507&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Model 507 (page does not exist)">V-505/V-507</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_V-526&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought V-526 (page does not exist)">V-526</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_Model_1600" title="Vought Model 1600">V-1600</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vought_Model_X-100&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vought Model X-100 (page does not exist)">X-100</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scout / Attack</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_FU" title="Vought FU">UO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">O2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">O3U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O4U_Corsair" title="Vought O4U Corsair">O4U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O5U" title="Vought O5U">O5U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_OS2U_Kingfisher" title="Vought OS2U Kingfisher">OS2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XSO2U" title="Vought XSO2U">XSO2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">SU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SBU_Corsair" title="Vought SBU Corsair">SBU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_SB2U_Vindicator" title="Vought SB2U Vindicator">SB2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XSB3U" title="Vought XSB3U">XSB3U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_TBY_Sea_Wolf" title="Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf">XTBU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">AU</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">A-7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_YA-7F" title="Vought YA-7F">F</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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title="Vought Corsair Junior">Corsair Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">F4U/AU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">A-7 (II)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_VE-7" title="Vought VE-7">Bluebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">Crusader (I/II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">Crusader III</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cutlass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">Flying Flapjack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_OS2U_Kingfisher" title="Vought OS2U Kingfisher">Kingfisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F6U_Pirate" title="Vought F6U 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aria-labelledby="United_States_Navy_fighter_designations_pre-19621109" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USN_fighters" title="Template:USN fighters"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USN_fighters" title="Template talk:USN fighters"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USN_fighters" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USN fighters"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_Navy_fighter_designations_pre-19621109" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> fighter designations pre-1962</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Aircraft" title="Atlantic Aircraft">General Aviation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Brewster_Aeronautical_Corporation" title="Brewster Aeronautical Corporation">Brewster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Aviation_XFA" title="General Aviation XFA">FA</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">FA</span><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_F2A_Buffalo" title="Brewster F2A Buffalo">F2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">F3A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">FB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F2B" title="Boeing F2B">F2B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F3B" title="Boeing F3B">F3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">F4B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-15" title="Boeing XP-15">F5B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XF6B" title="Boeing XF6B">F6B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-29" title="Boeing P-29">F7B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XF8B" title="Boeing XF8B">F8B</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company" title="Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company">Curtiss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F3C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F4C</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">F5C</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F6C_Hawk" title="Curtiss F6C Hawk">F6C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F7C_Seahawk" title="Curtiss F7C Seahawk">F7C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">F8C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F9C_Sparrowhawk" title="Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk">F9C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">F10C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F11C_Goshawk" title="Curtiss F11C Goshawk">F11C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SBC_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SBC Helldiver">F12C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF13C" title="Curtiss XF13C">F13C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF14C" title="Curtiss XF14C">F14C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF15C" title="Curtiss XF15C">F15C</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft_Corporation" title="McDonnell Aircraft Corporation">McDonnell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XFD" title="Douglas XFD">FD</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">F2D</span><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight" title="Douglas F3D Skyknight">F3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray" title="Douglas F4D Skyray">F4D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F5D_Skylancer" title="Douglas F5D Skylancer">F5D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F6D_Missileer" title="Douglas F6D Missileer">F6D</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">FD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F2D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">FF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">F2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">F3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">F5F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">F6F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">F7F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F8F</a></li> <li>F9F <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">-1 to -5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">-6 to -8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">-9</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">F10F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F11F</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">-1F/2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">F12F (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">F12F (II)</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li></ul> 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title="McDonnell Aircraft Corporation">McDonnell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hall_XFH" title="Hall XFH">FH</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">FH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F2H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">F3H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">F4H</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce" title="Berliner-Joyce">Berliner-Joyce</a><br /><a href="/wiki/North_American_Aviation" title="North American Aviation">North American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XFJ" title="Berliner-Joyce XFJ">FJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XF2J" title="Berliner-Joyce XF2J">F2J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XF3J" title="Berliner-Joyce XF3J">F3J</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ_Fury" title="North American FJ Fury">FJ</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-1_Fury" title="North American FJ-1 Fury">-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">-2/3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">-5</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loening" title="Loening">Loening</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bell_Aircraft" title="Bell Aircraft">Bell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loening_XFL" title="Loening XFL">FL</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XFL_Airabonita" title="Bell XFL Airabonita">FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-59_Airacomet" title="Bell P-59 Airacomet">F2L-1</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">F2L-1K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_D-188A" title="Bell D-188A">F3L</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F3M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory" title="Naval Aircraft Factory">Naval Aircraft Factory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Aircraft_Factory_XFN&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Aircraft Factory XFN (page does not exist)">FN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">FO (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XFV" title="Lockheed XFV">FO (II)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Aeronautical" title="Ryan Aeronautical">Ryan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_FR_Fireball" title="Ryan FR Fireball">FR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_XF2R_Dark_Shark" title="Ryan XF2R Dark Shark">F2R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet" title="Ryan X-13 Vertijet">F3R</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Supermarine" title="Supermarine">Supermarine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">FS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XFT" title="Northrop XFT">FT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">F2T</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vought" title="Vought">Vought</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_FU" title="Vought FU">FU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF2U" title="Vought XF2U">F2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF3U" title="Vought XF3U">F3U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">F4U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">F5U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F6U_Pirate" title="Vought F6U Pirate">F6U</a></li> <li><a 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